We recently stopped by Michael Kohn Projects inaugural exhibition a collection of recent paintings by artist Marion Peck. This special project space, which is located within blocks of the Michael Kohn Gallery, features eleven new works that highlight the artist’s talent for meticulously painted narrative imagery. This particular body of work explores solitary animal figures placed in various situations and often anthropomorphized to reflect human emotion and mental states. Photos and more after the jump…

Next Saturday, March 30, Marion Peck will open a new body of work, Animals, at Michael Kohn Projects in Los Angeles. The show will be held at Kohn's new space at 7270 Beverly Blvd, and we can't wait to see what Peck will be showing in her new body of work. We can prophesize that yes, there will be animals in there somewhere.  

We recently stopped by LeBasse Projects for their newest exhibition, LA Mixtape. LA MiXTAPE documents the effect of music on the process of creation, asking each participating artist to create a piece titled after a song, artist, or band that has inspired or influenced his/her creative process.

This past Saturday night in Santa Monica, Copro Gallery opened a special exhibition, Juxtapoz Turns 18, a retrospective and collection of artworks and artists who have helped shape our publication over nearly two decades. Hundreds upon hundreds of artists and gallery-goers made it out to the opening, enjoying a look at what has made the magazine a leading voice in underground and contemporary art for 20 years.

This Saturday, March 24. Copro Gallery in Santa Monica will be opening our 18th Birthday exhibition, Juxtapoz Turns 18. This week, we will be doing teasing previews of the entire exhibition, and today we have works from Robert Williams, Marion Peck, Todd Schorr, Dave Cooper, Andrew Schoultz, Souther Salazar, Candice Tripp, Tara McPherson, and Don Pendleton.

Longtime friend of our sister publication, Thrasher Magazine, the September 2011 issue of Juxtapoz has Neck Face grace the cover. He tells us all the great things he learned from his grandma. Also in September is Marion Peck (photographed by Mark Ryden), the Costacos Brothers, Tara Tucker, Vancouver's Kaput, and Brian Bowen Smith. Full cover and teasers after the jump . ..

We previewed Marion Peck's new book, Animal Love Summer, last week, and now we have Peck's show at Sloan Fine Art in NYC, "What You Are, So Once Were We," to preview. The show will feature an amazing mixed-media installation/sculpture piece. Plenty more after the jump . . .